Doug and Mary pose for our camera
Doug and Mary pose for our camera … they stated that they are residents from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Jamaica is my favourite island … Mary said “I like the music, like the jerk chicken”.Maroon Annual Jan. 6 Festival
Doug said “the people are friendly and great … very welcoming. We have been having a super time at this Maroon Celebratory Festival … we plan to return. … the weather is excellent”
We caught up with them as they strolled through the crowded streets at the well attended annual celebratory festival at Accompong, a maroon enclave. This is a government within Jamaica … as a result of wars won against the British in the 1700s.
You will recall that the British captured Jamaica from the Spanish in 1655.
The Maroons waged a guerilla type bush war against the British and got after a treaty signed vast acreage “self government” with no land taxes to be paid.
Hopeton O’Connor-Dennie, Senior International Correspondent & photojournalist for Vision Newspaper Canada.
Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora.
Also writes for GTA Weekly and GTA Today.
